Month: November 2017

TheLiberalKitten has posted Senate 2010, 2008, and 2006 campaigns for Congress Infinity. Because these will probably form the basis of future official campaigns, I recommend anyone interested in shaping how those campaigns look try them out and give feedback where relevant.

What are the best and worst election outcomes in U.S. Presidential history?

In the upcoming version of President Infinity, going to Highscores and clicking the Historical button will load results for every U.S. Presidential election. They are ranked according to our algorithm, which looks at electoral college seats as a percentage, and popular vote as a percentage. It then combines these two, and generates a score.

So, what are the results?

Best election results in U.S. Presidential history.

Here you can see the top 10 of all time, all 58 of which span elections from 1789 (the first) to 2016 (the most recent). Not surprisingly, George Washington occupies the number 1 and number 2 spots. 5 of the top 10 spots are held by people who won in the first 30 years of the history of the country (Washington twice, Jefferson, Monroe twice).

Somewhat surprising is that the time from 1964 to 1984 contains 3 of the top 10 (Johnson, Nixon, and Reagan), making it a hot spot for landslide elections not seen since the very beginning of the country.

All of the top 10 Presidents won their respective elections with a strong majority (57% is the lowest, Franklin Roosevelt in 1932) and very strong electoral college majorities.

There are 58 results in total, so what about the bottom 8?

Worst election results in U.S. Presidential history.

As can be seen, the prize for last place goes to John Quincy Adams, who received neither an electoral college majority or the most votes in the popular vote. Rather, the election was sent to the House to decide. Andrew Jackson, who received the highest number of electoral college votes and the highest percentage of the popular vote (41%) in the election, however, would get his revenge, winning back to back elections in 1828 and 1832 (for 28th and 24th places, respectively).

Lincoln gets second to last, with his victory in 1860 – the last before the Civil War – being an extremely weak showing, with only 40% of the popular vote despite a comfortable electoral college victory. Lincoln’s 1864 results are an anomaly, as they contained only the Union states, but he did significantly better, getting a ranking of 11th, albeit after a significant part of the country voted to secede.

Trump’s 2016 victory gets 53rd and a spot in the last 8. What about Obama? 2012 gets him 35th, and 2008 29th, so right in the middle of the pack. George W. Bush also gets a spot in the last 8 for his 2000 election, and 48th for his 2004, which combined are the weakest election results of any two-term President.

The President with the greatest disparity in results? That would be Nixon, getting 56th in 1968, but then 8th in 1972.

This update makes significant changes to the user-interface (including being able to search for ridings on many screens), negotiations (including post-election negotiations, Coalitions, and Confidence and Supply agreements), the Editor, and importing-exporting campaigns, among other things.

If you are a Prime Minister Infinity – Canada owner, you are eligible for this upgrade.

This is a comprehensive update.

You can download this release by requesting a download e-mail at the link below.

Editor > make new party > now copies source party’s ballot access for all constituencies to new party

Editor > can set time for final results for a region

Editor > can set how often results updated for a region

Editor > Regions > ‘Percentages’ and ‘Candidates’ tabs now under new ‘Parties’ tab

Editor > Regions > On Ballot > added ‘Set All’ button

Editor > leaders now get their starting funds value from the party funds value, unless overridden by a time-specific funds value (the general election funds box for leaders has been removed, and if you specified any values there, it won’t be used)

Australia 2016 > fixed bug saving

Australia 2016 > fixed bug viewing campaigners for Turnbull

Main Screen > starts, changes region quicker

Australia 2016 > debates in French -> English

Change Campaign Screen > can delete a user-designed campaign

Change Campaign Screen > added Import button

Change Campaign Screen > Import > can import a campaign from a folder on your computer

Editor > make new party > now copies source party’s ballot access for all constituencies to new party

Editor > can set time for final results for a region

Editor > can set how often results updated for a region

Editor > Regions > ‘Percentages’ and ‘Candidates’ tabs now under new ‘Parties’ tab

Editor > Regions > On Ballot > added ‘Set All’ button

Editor > leaders now get their starting funds value from the party funds value, unless overridden by a time-specific funds value (the general election funds box for leaders has been removed, and if you specified any values there, it won’t be used)

Australia 2016 > fixed bug saving

Australia 2016 > fixed bug viewing campaigners for Turnbull

Main Screen > starts, changes region quicker

Australia 2016 > debates in French -> English

Change Campaign Screen > can delete a user-designed campaign

Change Campaign Screen > added Import button

Change Campaign Screen > Import > can import a campaign from a folder on your computer